On this day, March 14, but in 1949, 22 year-old Stan Getz got together with Curly Russell (b), Shadow Wilson (d), George Wallington (p), Earl Swope (tb), Shorty Rogers (t) and Terry Gibbs (vb) to record "T&S" www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOGu... available in the "Early Stan" compilation (1963).

Don Cherry (c), Walter Norris (p), Don Payne (b) and Billy Higgins (d) got together on February 10, 1958 to record "Alpha" for Ornette Coleman's debut "Something Else!!!!" You can find it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya2f...

GNU Tom Robbins. A slice of peach pie and a shot of tequila to your memory --joy in spite of everything!

It was February 6, 1957 when Cannonball Adderley (as), Nat Adderley (c), Junior Mance (p), Sam Jones (b) and Jimmy Cobb (d) recorded "Miss Jackie's Delight" (written by Dave Brubeck Quartet's bassist Eugene Wright) for the album "Sophisticated Swing" www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbYB...

On February 5, 1959, 66 yearsd ago, Gil Evans and his orchestra (for credits see see below) recorded "Chant of the Weed" for the "Great Jazz Standards" album www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Lu...

Count Basie with the great Lester Young on tenor sax and Buck Clayton and Harry Edison (t), Dicky Wells (tb), Jack Washington (bar), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b) and Jo Jones (d) recorded "Jive at Five" on February 4, 1939 in NYC. Hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlgb...

"The Gifted Ones", a collaboration between Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie was recorded on February 3, 1977 in Las Vegas. Here's their take on "St James Infirmary Blues" from that album with Ray Brown on bass and Mickey Roker on drums www.youtube.com/watch?v=me_7...

Today a birthday -or two: tenor greats Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt were both born on Feb 2 (1927 and 1924, respectively). Here with Dizzy Gillespie (t), John Lewis (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b) and Stan Levey (d) on "Be-Bop" from their 1958 "For Musicians Only" www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTXB...

This time on alto, Sonny Stitt recorded "Can't' we be friends" on January 31, 1951 in NYC. The rest of his quartet are Charlie Bateman (p), Gene Wright (b) and Teddy Stewart (d). From the 1957 album "Kaleidoscope" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctjz... #jazz

From "Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet" aka "Konitz Meets Mulligan" this is "Broadway"; joining Konitz (as) and Mulligan (bar) are Chet Baker (t), Carson Smith (b) and Larry Bunker (d). Recorded somewhere in LA on January 30, 1953. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHL... #jazz

One day exactly like this, 63 years ago (January 29, 1962) Milt Jackson (vib), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b) and Connie Kay (d) aka the Modern Jazz Quartet, recorded Gary McFarland's "Why Are You Blue?" for their "Lonely Woman" album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbk-... #jazz

One of jazz guitar's top albums, "The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery" was completed on January 28, 1960. It opens with Sonny Rollins' "Airegin"; Tommy Flanagan (p), Percy Heath (b) and Albert Heath (d) are accompanying Montgomery in his explorations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLIg...

59 years ago today (Jan 27, 1966), Lee Morgan (t), Curtis Fuller (tb), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Cedar Walton (p), Ron Carter (b) and Joe Chambers (d) joined tenor sax great Joe Henderson at the Van Gelder Studio to record his "Mode For Joe". This is the title track www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xhp...